Production Manager

Overview

Our people are the heart of our business. As the world’s largest provider of thermal processing services, Bodycote employs thousands of highly skilled staff around the globe, including engineers, scientists, and technicians. Come join our team!

Due to the nature of our business and a heavy industrial market, Bodycote deems this position to be safety-sensitive.

Position Summary

Based in North Clarendon, VT, the Production Manager will perform essential job functions, with minimal supervision, under the direction of the General Manager. The scope of the position is hiring, training, planning, scheduling, organizing, and overall direction of day-to-day activities relating to production and equipment on all shifts.

Essential Job Functions (Duties and Responsibilities): The primary duties consist of, but are not limited to, the following.

• Directs activities of production and maintains appropriate production staffing as needed to meet company goals.
• Ensures thorough and effective cross-training across all processes.
• Responsible for executing to shop production schedules and conducting production meetings, including supervisors’ meetings.
• Identifies and implements improvements across production to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Ensures customers’ needs are appropriately met by shipping to schedule with minimum turnaround time and a high degree of quality, working closely with the Customer Service Manager.
• Responsible for communicating policy changes from top management to others in supervision and ensuring supervisors’ understanding of management philosophies, safety, product handling, equipment capabilities, and customer needs.
• Responsible for enforcing the company handbook and communicating with the Office Manager and/or General Manager on matters relating to discipline.
• Responsible for maintaining controls over labor costs.
• Responsible for ensuring the safe operation of equipment, safe work habits of the employees, and administering the safety program within the guidelines established by the company and the General Manager.
• Participates in staff meetings as a member of management.
• Must work in a manner consistent with the EH&S.
• Will have access to compensation information of other employees or applicants in this role, and as such cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to other individuals.
• This position is responsible for the care and treatment of our customers’ inventory and, as such, will perform duties safely and responsibly to prevent customer product loss or damage.
• Performs other duties as dictated by position or required by the General Manager.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• This position must satisfy ITAR compliance requirements; therefore, candidates must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Resident cardholders.
• Demonstrated strong utilization of Lean tools with significant cost savings. Basic understanding of 6 sigma tools.
• Demonstrated experience in leading teams to implement changes improving safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• 4-year College Degree required, technical degree preferred.
• Minimum five years of practical experience and the ability to manage multi-level employees and functions with a minimum of five years’ experience in a supervisory role.
• Must be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, including reports as required, attend staff meetings, and interface with other departments.
• Must have strong computer skills. Strong MS Excel generating equations and pivot tables to analyze data.
• Must be able to read and interpret blueprints and customer specifications.
• Must be knowledgeable in customer needs, material handling procedures, and quality control.
• Must possess knowledge and have experience in industrial safety programs, OSHA regulations, company rules, and compliance with State and Federal labor laws relating to employment, discipline, etc.
• Must possess the ability to ensure compliance with…